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because right now look, most voters are not voting on foreign policy. this is a domestic policy election. there's a limited amount of currency that theomney campaign c get fro foreign di i interested in so their one -- >> foreign policy is an important subject, regardless of whether the american public is vote on it. jonathan, there's something about the optics of seeing the president and first lady on "the view" talking about chris stevens and not meeting with worl leaders and noteeting with lears iidea ater o great change and, you know, what did you make of that in terms of the message that sends? >> well, look, i agree that the libya question, the libya ise, is a vulnerability, like the spelling bee -- it'sefuio another rd as well. >> here's the problem republicans have in terms of the optics question about the president being on "the view." mitt and ann romney were on "kly and michael," ann romney is going to be on leno tonight or in the coming days. gu the esidt m should be meeting with world leaders, not looking presidential when your own republic
because right now look, most voters are not voting on foreign policy. this is a domestic policy election. there's a limited amount of currency that theomney campaign c get fro foreign di i interested in so their one -- >> foreign policy is an important subject, regardless of whether the american public is vote on it. jonathan, there's something about the optics of seeing the president and first lady on "the view" talking about chris stevens and not meeting with worl leaders and...
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policy, i think more than the specific issues, what foreign policy does for obama -- this was a problem he had in 2008, it establishes him as fundamentally presidential. if you look what happened in terms of the bifurcation of the obama campaign, the west wing has been totally scooped out, the political folks scooped out and shipped to chicago. the folks representing in the west wing are people more conversant with foreign policy. jay carney was chosen as white house press secretary because of his foreign policy chops. this is the image they want to project. >> it's true. the tale of two cities, a campaign fumbling for a grip and message traction over the last couple weeks since the ann romney encounter a couple weeks ago. i agree with your assessment in terms of being a presidential stature level issue, foreign policy could serve that purpose for the president. on the flip side, he's going on jimmy fallon and in some measure demeaning the office of the president in a way that we can argue about whether that's an appropriate strategy or not. that's a divergent tale that doesn't show up
policy, i think more than the specific issues, what foreign policy does for obama -- this was a problem he had in 2008, it establishes him as fundamentally presidential. if you look what happened in terms of the bifurcation of the obama campaign, the west wing has been totally scooped out, the political folks scooped out and shipped to chicago. the folks representing in the west wing are people more conversant with foreign policy. jay carney was chosen as white house press secretary because of...
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he can control foreign policy. that's an area they would like to shine a light on because he can act unilaterally, without foreign or congressional leaders blocking him. when you have this little good news as obama has these days that's a story you want to get out. >> a couple things here one, from the journalistic point of view there are a number of books written and published now. there's essential an arms race to get your lead out before anybody else's. i think there is credence to the notion that the "new york times" has very good reporters, and that when it comes to something like cyber warfare that we're engaging in, this is sort of in the ether. a top-down league versus a bottom-up, a mounting evidence and someone inside the white house gives some off the record confirmation is very different than saying, this white house is leaking classified information for partisan benefit. >> and the favored recorders getting the stridefully manful storiened and those digging it and wind up having the white house go afte
he can control foreign policy. that's an area they would like to shine a light on because he can act unilaterally, without foreign or congressional leaders blocking him. when you have this little good news as obama has these days that's a story you want to get out. >> a couple things here one, from the journalistic point of view there are a number of books written and published now. there's essential an arms race to get your lead out before anybody else's. i think there is credence to the...
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crowley, and foreign policy's susan glasser. thanks for your time, guys. >>> we will have more "now" after the break. on my driver's seat. this is my car. who are you? i'm the second owner. the what? i will own this car after you. look, i'm not telling you how to drive our car. our car? if you're gonna have a latte in the car, keep a lid on it. it's a cappuccino. still needs a lid. [ male announcer ] the highest-quality cars plus an exceptional certified pre-owned program. good news for the second owner. take care of my car! [ male announcer ] experience the summer of audi event by september 4th with 1.9% apr for 60 months and a complimentary first month's payment on certified pre-owned audi models. >>> we are back to discuss the most important and underdiscussed domestic policy concern this week which is of course that paul ryan is lying about his marathon times. >> i think it's a huge error for him to upstage clint eastwood. >> how do you lie about your marathon times and shave an hour off of them? >> here's the problem for hi
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of course, because this deals with jewish vote and what, perhaps, is the key foreign policy issue of this campaign, israel, certainly the foreign policy issue that has dominated mitt romney's criticism of president obama. on that front, we also were able to confirm with top campaign officials that yesterday the president personally intervened in the decision to change the party platform to say that jerusalem is, in fact, the capital of israel. now, you'll recall they had to change that because that was not said explicitly. we now know the president did personally intervene. alex? >> nbc's ron allen at the convention on the convention floor. we'll be talking about all those things a little later in the hour. >>> coming up, the main event. president obama gets set to make his re-election case to the nation tonight in his 2008 dnc speech, the candidate outlined a specific and aggressive policy agenda including his plans for the tax code. >> change means a tax code that doesn't reward the lobbyists who wrote it but the american workers and small businesses who deserve it. i will stop giv
of course, because this deals with jewish vote and what, perhaps, is the key foreign policy issue of this campaign, israel, certainly the foreign policy issue that has dominated mitt romney's criticism of president obama. on that front, we also were able to confirm with top campaign officials that yesterday the president personally intervened in the decision to change the party platform to say that jerusalem is, in fact, the capital of israel. now, you'll recall they had to change that because...
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you can't let the white house have any wins on foreign policy. can democrats actually take this away from republicans? >> i mean, i feel like throughout the cycle, we've felt republicans almost wishing that some foreign policy crisis would come up like iran. maybe it's going to be iran or maybe north korea. >> they have a lot of options. >> we've got to get the jimmy carter thing happening again. we need some sort of hostage situation, not really obviously. but there is this tendency to try to find a darkside on foreign policy. so far they haven't been able to find one. >> you see obama responding to this pressure from his right all through the administration, particularly on israel and palestinians. but i mean, i think what will be interesting is if the crisis comes september and october between israel and iran or from one of the regional players there decides that's a great time to pick a really high profile fight. and you know, which side obama takes there. >> one person who was pushing some bad news also was chen himself. i've never seen a mo
you can't let the white house have any wins on foreign policy. can democrats actually take this away from republicans? >> i mean, i feel like throughout the cycle, we've felt republicans almost wishing that some foreign policy crisis would come up like iran. maybe it's going to be iran or maybe north korea. >> they have a lot of options. >> we've got to get the jimmy carter thing happening again. we need some sort of hostage situation, not really obviously. but there is this...
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he has a very strong record on foreign policy. relatively conservative record and one that radiates strength. this kind of thing, it's a small thing but for a desperate republican party on foreign policy, they will seize on this and say this is another example of our president playing politics with foreign policy, not doing what's right but talking inning this political way. i don't think it's going to change the election but it's not a good thing. not what this trip was supposed to accomplish. it was supposed to accomplish him being big, commander in chief and not being small and narrow and political. >> is your perron thetical remark is worth repeating. all of what you said is just true but i don't think it's going to make a difference in the ultimate balance of things. >>unforced error though. just dumb. >> no doubt. at the end of the day, the only way to swing it to your advantage is to say that in the heat of the moment when the i'm making political negotiations, yes that might have been an inappropriate remark to make before
he has a very strong record on foreign policy. relatively conservative record and one that radiates strength. this kind of thing, it's a small thing but for a desperate republican party on foreign policy, they will seize on this and say this is another example of our president playing politics with foreign policy, not doing what's right but talking inning this political way. i don't think it's going to change the election but it's not a good thing. not what this trip was supposed to accomplish....
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and frankly, foreign policy issues, the things driving the day. and frankly, as important as reproductive rights are they do not impact my daily life the way taxes and big government does. and that's not just me. that's everybody. so i think we need to think really long and hard about what our vote is doing, what it's saying and how it counts. >> i think you'll get a debate over economic issued and social issues in time for the fall going into november. coming up it's characterized as a private empire. how much influence does exxon-mobil have? we'll ask the author of a new book when he joins us next on "now." whoa! nobody insures more bikes than progressive. do you guys ride? well... no. sometimes, yeah. yes. well, if you know anybody else who also rides, send them here -- we got great coverage. it's not like bikers love their bikes more than life itself. i doubt anyone will even notice. leading the pack in motorcycle insurance. now, that's progressive. call or click today. aarrggh! more than 50 times a day? so brighten your smile a healthy way wi
and frankly, foreign policy issues, the things driving the day. and frankly, as important as reproductive rights are they do not impact my daily life the way taxes and big government does. and that's not just me. that's everybody. so i think we need to think really long and hard about what our vote is doing, what it's saying and how it counts. >> i think you'll get a debate over economic issued and social issues in time for the fall going into november. coming up it's characterized as a...
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you think of the foreign policy mismatch in 1992. george bush senior came into that campaign with a 90% approval rating thanks to the first gulf war. you had bill clinton, he had zero foreign policy experience and by the end of the campaign, didn't matter. it was all the economy. that's what the romney campaign is banking on. >> we love you for your insight, brilliance and wit, but also because you get us back to the early '90s. >> one per show. done. >> nobody knows early '90s better than steve kornacki. we will have more when we return. ♪ hello...rings ♪ what the... what the... what the... ♪ are you seein' this? ♪ ♪ uh-huh... uh-huh... uh-huh... ♪ ♪ it kinda makes me miss the days when we ♪ ♪ used to rock the microphone ♪ back when our credit score couldn't get us a micro-loan ♪ ♪ so light it up! ♪ even better than we did before ♪ ♪ yeah prep yourself america we're back for more ♪ ♪ our look is slacker chic and our sound is hardcore ♪ ♪ and we're here to drop a rhyme about free-credit-score ♪
you think of the foreign policy mismatch in 1992. george bush senior came into that campaign with a 90% approval rating thanks to the first gulf war. you had bill clinton, he had zero foreign policy experience and by the end of the campaign, didn't matter. it was all the economy. that's what the romney campaign is banking on. >> we love you for your insight, brilliance and wit, but also because you get us back to the early '90s. >> one per show. done. >> nobody knows early...
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my opponent and his running mate are new to foreign policy. you might not be ready for diplomacy with beijing if you can't visit the olympics without insulting our closest ally. >> shedding the soaring rhetoric that has defined his past two convention addresses, president obama delivered a speech full of hard truths about the road ahead, but he ceded no ground in his belief that america could and would see better days ahead. >> know this, america. our problems can be solved. our challenges can be met. the path we offer may be harder, but it leads to a better place and i'm asking you to choose that future. >> joining us now from charlotte, north carolina, is the man who helped bring the word game change into common parlance, msnbc political analyst and national affairs editor for "new york" magazine, john heilemann. and from washington, cnbc's eamon javers. john, i want to go to you first. you were in charlotte, i was there yesterday. there was a lot of expectation of course on the president's shoulders as far as what he could and would deliver
my opponent and his running mate are new to foreign policy. you might not be ready for diplomacy with beijing if you can't visit the olympics without insulting our closest ally. >> shedding the soaring rhetoric that has defined his past two convention addresses, president obama delivered a speech full of hard truths about the road ahead, but he ceded no ground in his belief that america could and would see better days ahead. >> know this, america. our problems can be solved. our...
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i'm not an expert in foreign policy, i did not hear in a month, if x did not happen, we will begin the bombing. that may not be appropriate but if you are a person sitting at home, you are not hearing much difference. >> what you are hearing is romney's op-ed, he calling the president effectless and the red line is now. i think foreign policy, that is where the american public do not feel that effective also -- effectiveless is where the president has been. >> you are not hearing any answers in this. i do not think you heard specifics. i think that howard that is a point, that it's not appropriate as a candidate to say i'm going bomb iran. i think santorum came closest to saying what he would do. but it's easier for candidates and this is the argument that democrats will make is to stand outside and criticize without the knowledge of what is going on in the room. >> would that we were in that room. after the break, the potential first wives club, we will see how the spouses are impacting the race next on "now." i love that my daughter's part fish. but when she got asthma, all i could d
i'm not an expert in foreign policy, i did not hear in a month, if x did not happen, we will begin the bombing. that may not be appropriate but if you are a person sitting at home, you are not hearing much difference. >> what you are hearing is romney's op-ed, he calling the president effectless and the red line is now. i think foreign policy, that is where the american public do not feel that effective also -- effectiveless is where the president has been. >> you are not hearing...
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one of the things we've seen with romney on foreign policy is that he is much, much better when he's making a competence case against the president than an ideological case. one of the reasons that the benghazi attack worked so well is that raised the question of competence which is a place romney looks credible to voters. obama's challenge in many ways is to -- and you saw this with biden during the vice presidential debate -- is to emphasize those elements of romney romney's attack that are ideological. >> can you imagine if romney hadn't put out that first statement right after the cairo, benghazi attacks? i know there are questions about whether we were talking about cairo or benghazi, but it gave the impression he was knee-jerk partisan. had he not, he would be in such an amazing position than he is right now. >> the competence piece i think is a salient point. hugo, in terms of how obama has to deal with romney tomorrow, e.j. dionne writing in "the washington post," obama doesn't have to look angry or agitated, he simply needs to invite voters to see that romney, the product, w
one of the things we've seen with romney on foreign policy is that he is much, much better when he's making a competence case against the president than an ideological case. one of the reasons that the benghazi attack worked so well is that raised the question of competence which is a place romney looks credible to voters. obama's challenge in many ways is to -- and you saw this with biden during the vice presidential debate -- is to emphasize those elements of romney romney's attack that are...
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the problem is republicans -- for the first time ever, howard, the democrats are owning foreign policy and national security and they're all on message. looked at super pac messages. republicans are dealing out different messages depending where they are, who the super pac is and a romney campaign doing it's own mixes message. >> look at polling acro cros cross-count cross-country, at federal and local level, republicans across the board have taken a hit in the last two or three weeks. i think it began with todd akins' comments in missouri where people say, they're too extreme on social issues, this makes me anxious, specially women and followed up with romney's comments about the 47%, people who weren't concerned about the social issues said that's making me uncomfortable on the economic issues and this resonated across the board. you have a brand in some crisis and republicans are increasingly nervous at all levels. you hear some chatter that some of the big money folks will decide to pull money from the romney super pacs and begin shoring up the house of representatives' pacs and se
the problem is republicans -- for the first time ever, howard, the democrats are owning foreign policy and national security and they're all on message. looked at super pac messages. republicans are dealing out different messages depending where they are, who the super pac is and a romney campaign doing it's own mixes message. >> look at polling acro cros cross-count cross-country, at federal and local level, republicans across the board have taken a hit in the last two or three weeks. i...
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senators john mccain and lindsey graham, two foreign policy leaders have slammed rice for her initial comments about the source of the libya attacks with mccain threatening to filibuster if he's nominated. many other republicans have joined in. 97 members of the house sent the president a letter monday opposing rice. now president obama is not backing down. the white house has confirmed it's still considering promoting rice and last week the president said if mccain and graham want to go after someone, they should go after him. rice was not exactly a household name during obama's first term. but all this heat from the political players is drawing some media fire. "the new york times" maureen dowd has knocked rice as an unsavvy washington player. while the "times" editorial page came out with an endorsing of the ambassador announcing it's time to leave rice alone. jonathan capehart one of the interesting things about this debate there's a lot of talk about what susan rice has done, specifically about libya, and then there's sort of this vague idea that republicans can stop the presiden
senators john mccain and lindsey graham, two foreign policy leaders have slammed rice for her initial comments about the source of the libya attacks with mccain threatening to filibuster if he's nominated. many other republicans have joined in. 97 members of the house sent the president a letter monday opposing rice. now president obama is not backing down. the white house has confirmed it's still considering promoting rice and last week the president said if mccain and graham want to go after...
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of the next debate because that is on foreign policy and of all the issues where they don't disagree very much this is one where governor romney will be asked to explain better than he has what he would be doing differently. >> the mention of the word libya reminds everybody gadhafi is no longer in power and we did have something to do with that. >> thank you to mark halperin. >> go get my tracker keeper and head to the deep. >> we'll trade stickers. >> you're getting up. really getting to go. >> got to go. >> tonight's big hall town style sequel begins at 9:00 eastern with prime time coverage at 5:00 p.m. here on a channel called msnbc. after the break the great debater. we have seen several iterations of govern romney's debate style including his strong performance against president obama but how will he fair when coming from the audience. next on "now." no, no, no, stop! humans -- one day, we're coming up with the theory of relativity, the next... stop, stop, stop! my car! not so much. but that's okay. you're covered with great ideas like optional better car replacement from liber
of the next debate because that is on foreign policy and of all the issues where they don't disagree very much this is one where governor romney will be asked to explain better than he has what he would be doing differently. >> the mention of the word libya reminds everybody gadhafi is no longer in power and we did have something to do with that. >> thank you to mark halperin. >> go get my tracker keeper and head to the deep. >> we'll trade stickers. >> you're...
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he's in the white house because he could run against a president bush two-term economic policy and foreign policy. so i think these guys are both statesmen, above this kind of stuff and they are going to kick back and have a nice time. >> patty, you are a campaign strategist extraordinare. i want to talk about the president in addition to the talking about the failed policies of president bush, a new peg shall we say in this presidential re-election bid, mitt romney's record as governor of massachusetts. david axelrod or the team obama put up a five-page memo describing in detail how bad mitt romney's record was as he served as governor of massachusetts and a few moments ago david axelrod was standing on the steps of the state capitol in massachusetts. let's listen to what he was saying about that time. >> the message massachusetts seems to be sending as they listen to romney reprice his familiar pitch is fool me once, shame on me. fool me twice, shame on you. romney economics didn't work then, and it won't work now. >> fool me once, shame on you. fool me twice, shame on me. what do you ma
he's in the white house because he could run against a president bush two-term economic policy and foreign policy. so i think these guys are both statesmen, above this kind of stuff and they are going to kick back and have a nice time. >> patty, you are a campaign strategist extraordinare. i want to talk about the president in addition to the talking about the failed policies of president bush, a new peg shall we say in this presidential re-election bid, mitt romney's record as governor...
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governor, do you think the democrats can possibly take away foreign policy and being tough on terrorism from the republicans? >> i think they've made it a non issue. if you're a democrat and it's a non issue, that's a good thing. i don't think people will necessarily vote for president obama because he's stronger on terrorism than the republicans, but i think they wipe the slate clean. it's even steven. and for us, that's good, because john kerry lost on one issue, in my judgment. >> to be able to neutralize that issue is just unbelievable how much it meant for this administration, when you think about just how visceral those feelings were in 2004 and before, and even up through 2008. there was a real concern among americans what's going to happen next, and i think the obama administration has managed to say we're taking care of it, we're in charge and you're safe. and for that to be the case this far into a democratic administration, i don't even think democrats could have predicted that. >> barring any unfor seen events on the world stage, which obviously could happen, but this is not
governor, do you think the democrats can possibly take away foreign policy and being tough on terrorism from the republicans? >> i think they've made it a non issue. if you're a democrat and it's a non issue, that's a good thing. i don't think people will necessarily vote for president obama because he's stronger on terrorism than the republicans, but i think they wipe the slate clean. it's even steven. and for us, that's good, because john kerry lost on one issue, in my judgment....
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foreign policy-wise. >> and as he has become the face of one of the leading voices to keep occupy suesan rice, my colleague asked him about john kerry potentially becoming -- this is before it was official -- john kerry becoming the next secretary of state. he said we should wait until we have a nominee before we weigh in. this is coming from john mccain. john mccain. >> they float these trial balloon on purpose. these names are put out there. it's just pretty amazing to see president obama on suesan rice really back down. can he afford to look that weak again on chuck hagel when it's clear that that is his favorite right now? >> the question is also -- >> that's another question. >> you never knew. >> he clearly really wanted her in there, but how many other people -- >> how many we'll never know. >> we'll never know. >> to jen's point, the white house -- white houses have always floated trial balloons. any time there's a nomination, you send those up, whether it's judges or cabinet secretaries. whatever it is. you send that up. you vet it through the senate and get them something to ge
foreign policy-wise. >> and as he has become the face of one of the leading voices to keep occupy suesan rice, my colleague asked him about john kerry potentially becoming -- this is before it was official -- john kerry becoming the next secretary of state. he said we should wait until we have a nominee before we weigh in. this is coming from john mccain. john mccain. >> they float these trial balloon on purpose. these names are put out there. it's just pretty amazing to see...
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she is editor in chief of "foreign policy" magazine. welcome to the program. >> thanks for having me. >> let's talk about syria because that's very much in the news. secretary of state clinton has had some harsh words for the russians regarding their intransigence in the conflict. she expressed quote, great hope this morning that something could be done vis a vis annan's peace plan. i wonder what you make of her role in that situation and where her power lies in terms of changing anything measurably. >> well, you know, the russians for months now have really been the stumbling block to a much more serious and concerted international effort and unfortunately, that's part of the tough job that hillary clinton has right in this role as secretary of state. she has to get out there and express great hope even if for months and months and months what the russians have been telling her privately is pretty much sorry, but we have no interest in changing our position. >> the other issue in the story you mention that clinton has sort of shifted h
she is editor in chief of "foreign policy" magazine. welcome to the program. >> thanks for having me. >> let's talk about syria because that's very much in the news. secretary of state clinton has had some harsh words for the russians regarding their intransigence in the conflict. she expressed quote, great hope this morning that something could be done vis a vis annan's peace plan. i wonder what you make of her role in that situation and where her power lies in terms of...
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policy. >> just bizarre comments from mitt romney. they play into frankly putin's domestic politics. there's nothing but upside for putin in taking on america right now. he's done it previously. he's done it with president bush. you've got to remember, this president, president obama, tried to have that thaw, that reset with medvedev who was really the puppet of putin. that didn't really take him very far. they got the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty but it didn't lead to much else. i saw what happened with president bush up close. he thought he looked into his soul and they were friends and they started out great, but putin just enjoyed and it helped him politically to mess with bush. time and time again, it just got worse and worse and worse until they were arguing about in the end the sacking of dan rather and whether that was bush's doing and putin could do the same. that's how much these two sides are speaking past each other. i love the optimism from the white house. i would be astonished if they can achieve anything. >> i do want to play
policy. >> just bizarre comments from mitt romney. they play into frankly putin's domestic politics. there's nothing but upside for putin in taking on america right now. he's done it previously. he's done it with president bush. you've got to remember, this president, president obama, tried to have that thaw, that reset with medvedev who was really the puppet of putin. that didn't really take him very far. they got the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty but it didn't lead to much else. i saw what...
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policy and national security. and he has proven adept at walking the tight rope at great heights by refusing to take a stand on any issue of any substance at any time this entire campaign cycle. the problem with this clown show is that while it's been entertaining, the ticket price is also very high. as the gop verges on going from grand old party to tired old side show americans are denied a functioning two-party system, a robust debate that is at the very heart of our democracy. so, governor romney, kindly set aside the youtube clips, the you didn't build thats, and the conservative dog whistles that guess what all of us can hear, put up a good fight, an honest fight, in the end politics may still be a circus, but the country deserves more than just peanuts. thanks again to kurt, richard, karen and michael. that is all for now. i will see you back here tomorrow for post-debate analysis at noon eastern, 9:00 a.m. pacific when joined by savannah guthrie, former governor ed rendell, professorer michael eric dyson a
policy and national security. and he has proven adept at walking the tight rope at great heights by refusing to take a stand on any issue of any substance at any time this entire campaign cycle. the problem with this clown show is that while it's been entertaining, the ticket price is also very high. as the gop verges on going from grand old party to tired old side show americans are denied a functioning two-party system, a robust debate that is at the very heart of our democracy. so, governor...
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is he too liberal on foreign policy for republicans or just too close to obama? well, we're going to tell you why the hagel fight matters, even if he becomes another causality of washington's angry nomination process. [ male announcer ] this december, remember -- what starts with adding a friend... ♪ ...could end with adding a close friend. the lexus december to remember sales event is on. this is the pursuit of perfection. >>> i think all 100 senators ought to be on the line on this. what do you believe? what are you willing to support? what do you think? why are you elected, because you wanted a safe job? go sell shoes. this is a tough business. but is it any tougher, us having to take a tough vote, express ourselves, and have the courage to step up than what we're asking our young men and women to do? i don't think so. >> by opposing george w. bush's iraq surge in 2007, chuck hagel endeared himself to anti-war democrats but lost a lot of republican support. now while president obama's next potential secretary of defense is being hailed by some precisely beca
is he too liberal on foreign policy for republicans or just too close to obama? well, we're going to tell you why the hagel fight matters, even if he becomes another causality of washington's angry nomination process. [ male announcer ] this december, remember -- what starts with adding a friend... ♪ ...could end with adding a close friend. the lexus december to remember sales event is on. this is the pursuit of perfection. >>> i think all 100 senators ought to be on the line on...
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policy. i think that is the more lingering bush legacy than even the economic stuff. i wouldn't be surprised if we started -- if we got into another discussion about the bush legacy there. >> i felt like i'm happy that foreign policy has taken such a prominent role in this debate cycle but i do feel like there are a host of domestic be issues that deserve more sun light and one of them are issues pertaining to women. casey, i, you know, the binders full of women thing is the phrase heard around the world this morning but i actually thought the more telling sort of episode vis-a-vis women and mitt romney is when mitt romney started talking about his chief of staff and women and the work place. let's hear a little bit about what the president said as far as economic issues and fair pay and women's issues and then what mitt romney said as far as concerns about women's fiscal equality or pay equity. >> the first bill i signed was something called the lilly ledbetter bill because women are increas
policy. i think that is the more lingering bush legacy than even the economic stuff. i wouldn't be surprised if we started -- if we got into another discussion about the bush legacy there. >> i felt like i'm happy that foreign policy has taken such a prominent role in this debate cycle but i do feel like there are a host of domestic be issues that deserve more sun light and one of them are issues pertaining to women. casey, i, you know, the binders full of women thing is the phrase heard...
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policy. >> -- chance to show his support for the brave men and women he's seeking to command, but he chose to criticize president obama instead of even uttering the word afghanistan. >> naral president nancy keenan and pay equity activist lily ledbetter warned of what a president romney would mean for women. >> we cannot trust mitt romney to protect our health. we cannot trust mitt romney to respect our rights. >> women still earn just 77 cents for every dollar men make. maybe 23 cents doesn't sound like a lot to someone with a swiss bank account, a cayman island investment. >> but perhaps the most surprising and effective indictment came from the first lady herself. while republicans dragged a chair onstage to conjure up an invisible president obama, michelle obama critiqued governor romney without mentioning his name, drawing sharp contrasts with her husband and creating a profile in negatives. >> barack's success isn't about how much money you make. it's about the difference you make in people's lives. we learned about honesty and integrity, that the truth matters, that you don't
policy. >> -- chance to show his support for the brave men and women he's seeking to command, but he chose to criticize president obama instead of even uttering the word afghanistan. >> naral president nancy keenan and pay equity activist lily ledbetter warned of what a president romney would mean for women. >> we cannot trust mitt romney to protect our health. we cannot trust mitt romney to respect our rights. >> women still earn just 77 cents for every dollar men make....
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i would argue mitt romney has not used this opportunity to sell himself well in terms of foreign policy but the white house and the position it finds itself, doubling back from comments made earlier about this being just the result of, you know, widespread reactionary protests and not a preplanned attack by al qaeda. >> listen, i mean if we are to believe robert gibbs that they are just learning information now about what happened, then that raises questions about what kind of security -- security -- what kind of intelligence we had. why didn't we know that this was going to happen beforehand. i think these are totally legitimate questions. i feel like we should have -- we should ask the questions why wasn't there better security at the consulate, better intelligence than this happening and ask the broader questions what are our overall objections in libya and egypt. we can quibbliist with whether these are bumps in the road and what he meant by that. do we want to be catering these countries to democracy. do we have an obligation to make sure they don't elect someone from the muslim br
i would argue mitt romney has not used this opportunity to sell himself well in terms of foreign policy but the white house and the position it finds itself, doubling back from comments made earlier about this being just the result of, you know, widespread reactionary protests and not a preplanned attack by al qaeda. >> listen, i mean if we are to believe robert gibbs that they are just learning information now about what happened, then that raises questions about what kind of security --...
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it's more on foreign policy he's lost ground. he's been hard for not taking the threat from iran seriously and foreign policy conservati conservativism spans all of the differenten conservative factions in the iowa electorate. although some of his rhetoric of his anti-war rhetoric is appealing, he seems a little bit naive to conservatives on the question of whether the america faces real threats in the world. he says over and over again in speeches that no one is going to bomb us or invade us, forgetting that 9/11 happened ten years ago. we weren't bombed or invaded but we did suffer of 3,000 lives lost in a terrorist act here, and people remember that. that's a scarring event and ron paul doesn't seem to take that seriously enough for a lot of conservatives out here in the iowa electorate. >> what remains still shocking to me is in that same poll, 41% of respondents say they could change their mind. 7% have no first choice, meaning that 50% of this thing is still up for grabs. we'll talk about iowa more after the break and wheth
it's more on foreign policy he's lost ground. he's been hard for not taking the threat from iran seriously and foreign policy conservati conservativism spans all of the differenten conservative factions in the iowa electorate. although some of his rhetoric of his anti-war rhetoric is appealing, he seems a little bit naive to conservatives on the question of whether the america faces real threats in the world. he says over and over again in speeches that no one is going to bomb us or invade us,...
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policy away from the middle east and asia. as gaza shows that's still the world's hot spot and we have to be there. i do think, though, that there's going to be more pressure. the u.s. is not going to say quite this is your problem to the region, but there is going to be more pressure for egypt to get involved. we don't quite know what kind of a leader president morsi is yet. we're all watching and learning. egypt will have to be an important part of the solution. the door between egypt and gaza was pretty much shut during the mubarak era. despite morsi being a member of the muslim brotherhood. it's still pretty closed. egypt has 80 mill enpeople, many whom are are poor, i think they're probably on the fence about wanting to take responsibility for another 1.6, 1.8 people in gaza although i think both the u.s. and israel would like them to play a bigger role. >> before we let you go i want to ask you about turkey. at love speculation -- the prime minister would play a larger role in brokering a cease-fire, doesn't sound like t
policy away from the middle east and asia. as gaza shows that's still the world's hot spot and we have to be there. i do think, though, that there's going to be more pressure. the u.s. is not going to say quite this is your problem to the region, but there is going to be more pressure for egypt to get involved. we don't quite know what kind of a leader president morsi is yet. we're all watching and learning. egypt will have to be an important part of the solution. the door between egypt and...